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Amendment #2 by Anastasia, Raquel, Michael R and Daniel

Our amendment states," A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
 * What does this amendment state?**

This means that any people are allowed to keep weapons in there house, not just during a war but all of the time for self denfence.
 * What does the amendment mean?**

September 25, 1789
 * When was it created?**

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary
 * Why was it made?**

Judiciary of Maryland, Delaware, Nevada, Utah, Kansas, Wyoming, North Carolina, Iowa, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Ohio, Arizona, Vermont, Montana
 * Who wanted it?**

[|a great video on how the second amendment effects today]
 * How do people react to this?**

This law effects us today in many ways. There are a bunch of kids who have died because of guns and a bunch of kids who get guns from other people and use it on themselves or other people. [|News video on guns]
 * How did/does it affect us today?**

This amendment was made in Washington.
 * Where was it made?**

Yes, this law is strict enough because people should be allowed to bring guns into there houses just for protection. The law isn't strict enough on protecting kids from getting guns.
 * Is the law strict enough?**


 * What are the requirements to own a weapon?**
 * http://www.vsp.state.va.us/Firearms_PurchaseEligibility.shtm**

CNN.com-NRA seeks hundreds whose guns were seized after Katrina [|NRA Article] The NRA-National Rifle Association hired investigators to find guns taken away by police from the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. The NRA says that they investigated more than 1000 guns were token away after the hurricane. Most of these guns were stolen or found in abandoned homes. The investigators identified 300 of the people who had guns and found 75 of them. The police also said that they only returned about 100 of the 1000 they seized.
 * __Current Events: by Daniel__**

I think that this article is sad how a lot of people after hurricane Katrina had guns and were seized. Its also sad how most of the guns were stolen or found in abandoned houses. I think the NRA is a good thing that they hired investigators to find guns. I can't believe that the investigators only found 75 people of the 1000 and identified 300 of them. It must have also been hard work for the police to find the people who had guns in there homes. It's good that some of them can be called to testify trials.

Virginia Tech [|Virginia Tech Current Event Link]
 * __Current Events by Anastasia:__**

This article is about how a student brought a gun into Virginia Tech University Campus and killed people. This happened on April 19th 2007 a student named Seung-Hui Cho, opened a fire in dormitory and classroom building on the Virginia Tech Campus killing 32 people before committing suicide. Due to this current event a lot of schools are not letting students bring guns into classes or to stay with them. If you continue on to reading Michaels current event you will here about a state, Utah, that now still allows students to bring guns into college to protect themselves.

In my opinion this article is very important. I think that this article is very important because it tells how students should not be allowed to bring guns into school. This kid did a very bad thing to risk his life and the life of others around him. I think kids that have guns should get them taken away because they could cause a lot of damage. This current event relates to the second Amendment because it has to do with people keeping guns with them. I don't think this is a good amendment because people shouldn't be allowed to keep weapons in there household. This is a terrible idea due to the current event.


 * __Current Events :by Michael__** http://www.bradycampaign.org/facts/issues/?page=kids

The Brady campaign is named after Jim Brady who was shot while working for Ronald Reagan. American children are more at risk with firearms than any other nation in the world. In one year, firearms killed no children in Japan, 19 in Great Britain, 57 in Germany, 109 in France, 153 in Canada, and 5,285 in the United States. One of the reasons is that kid's parents don't store the guns in a safe place so kids find the guns and use it on themselves or other people. There are very few laws of children's access to guns. The Brady Law made it illegal for anyone under 21 to purchase handguns from licensed dealers. However anyone between the ages of 18-21 can purchase handguns from non licensed dealers. In 1998 and 1999 over 3500 students were expelled for bringing guns to school. Forty three percent were in Elementary school or j.r. high.

I think that this is a big problem because there are too many kids that have guns. The amount of children dieing each year will just keep raising and raising if parents don't store the guns in a safe place. The Brady Law is a good law but they should make it illegal for kids 18-21 to buy guns from unlicensed dealers. I think that it's sad how so many kids kill other people and they sometimes even kill themselves. Also it's sad how so many kids have died in the U.S. I think that this law has to be changed so that there are no more loopholes for kids 18-21 to own a weapon.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18355953/ After the massacre at Virginia Tech some students at the University Of Utah had began to bring weapons such as guns to class daily. They have legal permission by permit. A student says "Its not like I run around all day long scared, but if something happens to me, I want to be prepared." In the beginning the university did not allow the weapons but in 2004 a law was passed stating that the university is covered by a state that allows concealed weapons on the state property. The university challenged the law, but the Utah Supreme Court upheld it last year. Some people at the university think the idea of concealed weapons might cause more trouble, but others disagree strongly...they feel more secure on campus.
 * __Current Events: by__ __Raquel__**

I am not against adults having guns if they have a permit, but as far as being allowed to carry a gun in school that should definantly not be allowed. The reason I feel this way is beacuse just look at what has happened in the past few years with a gun in the wrong persons hand in school. There have been inocent people (kids) killed for no reason at all. Just a few examples of the massacures are the Columbine shooting, in Pennsylvania at the Amish school and not to mention the Virginia Tech nightmare. That is why I think that the idea of guns and other weapons in the hands of students is a disaster just waiting to happen.